Category: Prisoners of Conscience

Rights activist’s letter of concern over imminent execution of political prisoner in Iran

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Voices that are buried under the debris of silence A letter by Kurdish rights activist Ms. Soraya Fallah to Ms. Shirin Abadi concerning the imminent execution of a female Kurdish political prisoner Zainab Jalalian. (Translated to English from Farsi by …

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Kurdish political prisoner Farhad Tarom becomes the latest victim in Iran

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Kurdish political prisoner Mr. Farhad Tarom has reportedly become the latest executed prisoner in Iran according to a number of independent sources inside Iran. According to the outlawed Kurdish News Agency, Mr. Farhad Tarom had been residing in Iraqi Kurdistan …

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Iran reportedly executes another Kurdish political prisoner; authorities refuse to confirm

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Just a couple of weeks after activists worldwide began protesting the imminent risk of execution of Kurdish political prisoner, Mr. Habibollah Latifi, Iranian authorities reportedly executed another political prisoner, Mr. Hossein Khezri. A number of unverified reports state that Mr. …

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AP: Iran unleashes ‘execution binge’ with average of one hanged every 8 hours

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Rights group decries ‘execution binge’ in Iran Associated Press: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities have unleashed an “execution binge” with an average rate of one person hanged every eight hours since the beginning of the year, a rights …

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Kurdish political prisoner in Iran on hunger strike, others at high risk

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According to a number of individual sources, Kurdish political prisoner – Mohammad Amin Agoushi – has gone on hunger strike since August 15th. Mr. Agoushi is being held at the central prison in Orumieh and has been sentenced to death …

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Remembering Kurdish Prisoners

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Following the tragic execution of Ehsan Fattahian, we were trying to find multiple sources on other Kurdish victims of severe oppression and crimes. This took us many days and we wanted to make the process simpler not just for us, …

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Bianet: 1 Year 3 Months Imprisonment for Leyla Zana

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A court in Diyabakır has sentenced Kurdish politician Leyla Zana to 1 year and 3 months imprisonment for allegedly spreading PKK propaganda in a speech made at a seminar at London’s SOAS University on 24 May 2008.

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Guilty of your innocence!

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Tonia Kaboudvand’s letter to her imprisoned father, Mohammad Sadegh Kaboudvand. My dear father, today we enter the third year in which you were taken from us and we are still eagerly waiting for your return. Father, you are not an …

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